I need some more information on MX-records

Hello,

I am about to get a fixed IP address from my ISP. Now I need to get my email sent to it.
According to MX Toolbox.com my mail server ("richel.org") is connected to IP-address 213.34.228.35. Question: where do I change this into the new IP?.

I ask this because at the registrar's site my editable MX record points to 10mx.hover.com.cust.hostedemail.com (so no mention of an IP-address).

On the site where my domain is hosted I cannot edit MX-entries.

Is this something my ISP does (but he only gives me a fixed IP-address, he doesnt know that I want mail.richel.org to point there).

You could have your MX record on your registrar's point the IP address.

A better solution would be to create host record that points to your IP (such as mail.richel.org) and point your mx record to the host record. When email is being directed to you, DNS does the heavy lifting to determine the IP address of you email server.

Gentlemen, thanks.
I'll explain some more.
I have an externally hosted domain (richel.org, hosted at OLM.net).
The registrar of that domain name is Hover.com
And I want the mail that is sent to richel.org delivered at my Exchange server which is on my LAN which is about to receive the fixed IP.

Ok getting there. You say your domain is hosted at OLM.net are they hosting your e-mail? Is this exchange server you have on your lan new. Looks like what you need to do is contact OLM.net and have them change the IP from your old to new.

The mx records for richel.com needs to changed at the domain register olm.net. There should be sone config page on olm.net so you can do it yourself, else contact them. I am guessing olm.net is the domain register.

Also is your internal exchange on DMZ, else you have to do port forwarding on your router towards your internal exchange server.

MX records MUST point to a host names. They can't point to IP addresses.

Second:

Whomever controls the DNS server that is primary for the domain richel.org, needs to:

1) Create a new host name pointing to the IP address that represents your Exchange server, something simple like "mail.richel.org" will do.
2) Updated the MX record to point to the host name created in #1.

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TheoRichelAuthor Commented: 2014-01-04

At OLM.net I cannot change ip-addresses, Of course I can ask them. There is a webmailbox there, but it is empty and should not be empty if there is no functional adress to forward it to.
I have no DMZ, I have forwarded the ports on my router.

So from my steps, your MX record already points to a host name called mail.richel.org.

That host record points to the IP address 213.34.228.35.

So what is 213.34.228.35? According to the "Internet" that IP address is owned by ZeelandNet, which appears to be a Dutch ISP. Making a few assumptions they seem to provide cable Internet connectivity and that IP address is assigned to one of their cable customers.

So, is your ISP ZeelandNet and do you get cable Internet from them? By chance do they provide a hosted e-mail server for you?